Apparatus for coiling, coating, and cooling wire rods.



, L E. EIDMRBS. APFABATUS FOR GOILING, OOATING,'AND COOLING WIRE RODS. `:.XPPLIUATION FLED DEO. 1, 1909.

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- the operation of coiling repeated. The low'- est corner of the receptacle l lis" provided u with an opening 2l which is closed by a valve 25, having a dependin valve stem extending below the reoeptac e and arranged to be lifted by its contact with the frame- Work when the receptacle is depressed, as 'shown at 27, allowin the water contained in the receptacle l an any scale which may have accumulated tov flow out of the receptacle into a conduit 28. Air is excluded from the heated rod after its delivery from the mouth 14 of the laying tube until the coil is completed. and the partial c ling' of the rod is accomplished uniformly broughout its entire length, usually-,durincf the,

time required for ceiling, but the period of coolil'igry may lbe extended, if desired. rlhe amount of coolingl can also be varied dinrinpthe period of coiling by varying the flow of water supply through the 'pipe 16, so as to give a lil lier or lower temperature to the water in receptacle 1. The water supply pipe is provided with a. branch pipe leerling to a reservoir 29 of water, containing a suit- .able coating material such as is now emloyed in coating rods preparatory to draw-, ing, which is carried by the Water in. the reservoir into the receptacle l1 and adheres to the surface of the coiled rod to (prepare it for its passagctlirongh drawing ies. rl`he supply pipe is provided with a stop cock 30' which enables the How of water to the receptacle l to be increased to lower the temperature of the water in the receptacle 1, or decreased to permit the temperature to be raised by the heat of the rod and thereby varying,V the amount of cooling duringd the oper-'aalen of ceiling. lThe pipe leading to the clear waltensupply is provided with a stop emilil', and-the branch pipe to the reservoir 29 has a stop cockBQ, enabling the amount of coating material carried into the receptacle to be regulated.

.E claim',

i', The combination in. an apparatus for coiling'rods, of a framework, a plate dependingrom said framework, a coil .supportingr 'plate held by said depending plate, a Water receptacle normally inclosingv said coil'supportng plate. and means for loweringr` said' receptacle below the plane of said I on said supporting plate around said ycen- Y tering means.

lcoil supporting plate.

Q The combination in van apparatus for coiling rods, of a stationary framework, a coil supporting plate held by said framework, a Water receptacle inclosing said plate, means'supported by said receptacle for centering the coil formed on said plate, and means for vertically reciprocating said re ceptacleto allow for the .sidcwise removal of the coil from said plate.

The combination in an apparatus for Coiling rods, of a coil-supporting plate, a movable Water receptacle inclosing said plate, means for supplying'a current of water to said receptacle, .and means for automatically discharging the -water from the receptacle when the latter removed from the coil-supporting plate.

4. The combination in an apparatus tor ceiling rods, of a coil supporting plate, a water receptacle inclosing said plate, means for supplying water to said receptacle, means for lowering said water receptacle below the plane oie. said plate, and means for automatically removing water from said receptacle by its downward movement..

rEhe combination in an apparatus for ceiling rods, of a. stationary coil supporting plate, a water receptacle inc-losing said plate,

means for supplying a current of waterto said receptacle, means i'or lowering said receptacle below the coil supportingr plate, and. a rotating laying tube having its delivery end inclosed in said water receptacle when the latter is in its raised position. l

6. The combination in an apparatus for ceiling rods, of a stationary coil-support, a water receptacle normally inclosing .said support, a stationary dome located above and in the path of the receptacle, and means for lowering said receptacle from said dome,

and below the laine of said coil support.

7.3"'1'l`ho combination in an apparatus for' coiling rods, of a Water receptacle, a stationary cover for said receptacle, acoil supporting plate Vsupported by said cover, means supported by said receptaclev for centering said coil on said plate, and means :for vertically reciprocating said receptacle to allow for the sidewise removal of the coil from said plate.

8. r[he combination in an apparatus for coiling rods, of a Water receptacle cylindrical in cross section, having'an inclined loottom and mounted on a shaft capable of be ing reciprocated vertically, a stationary cover above said receptacle with a semicircular depending plate extendingl downward into the receptacle, and a coil supporting plate attached to the lowerend of said `de pending plate parallel with the bottom` of said receptacle, coil centering means for a -coil on said plate, 1said means attached to said receptacle, and means for eoilinttir a rod ini/aree of water through said supply pipe, and

means for regulating the supply oit' coating material to said water supply pipe.

10. In an apparatus for coilincrods, a stationary supporting plate for t Ae coil, a water` receptacleinclosing said plate, means for maintaining a iow of water through said receptacle from the bottom toward the top, means for lowering saidreceptacle from its normal position, and means for withdrawing the water'from the receptacle when in its lowered position.

l1. In an apparatus for ceiling, coating and cooling wire rods, the combination of a waterreceptacle having an inclined bottom,

land means for raising and lowering the lat-y ter, of a dome in position to be engaged by the upper edge of the water receptacle when the latter is in one of its extreme positions, the dome provided with a depending Harige' extending part-way around the latter, and a semi-circular depending plate extending downwardly from the dome into the water `receptacle, and an inclined stationary coilsupporting plate attached to the 'semi-circular depending plate.

12. In an apparatus for ceiling, coating and cooling wire rods, the combination of a water receptacle having an inclined bottom, and means for raising and .lowering the latter, of a dome in position to be engaged by the upper edge of the water receptacle when the latter is in one of its extreme positions, and a semicircular depending plate extend- .ing downwardly from the dome into the water receptacle, and an inclined stationary coil-supporting plate disposed appmximately parallel with the inclined bottom oit the receptacle, and attached to the semi-cirfi1 cular depending plate. l l

13. In 'an apparatus for ceiling, coating and cooling wire rods, the combination with a conveyor table, a dome, an inclined coilsupporting plate depending irom and supported by the dome, ofa waterileceptacle adjacent to the conveyer table and located beneath the dome, said water receptacle prof vided with a lip overlapping the conveyorv table, and means for raising and lowering the receptacle with respect to the inclined coil-supporting plateand the conveyor table.

In an apparatus for ceiling, coating and cooling wire rods, the combination with a conveyor table, a dome, an inclined coilsupporting plate depending from andsupported by the dome, of a water receptacle adjacent to the conveyer table and located beneath'the dome, said water receptacle provided with a lip overlapping the conveyer table, means for raising and lowering the receptacle with respect to the inclined. coilsupporting plate and the conveyor table,- means for supplying a current of water at a point at or near the bottom of the water receptacle, and means located at the lowermost point of said bottoni, which automatically discharges water from the receptacle whenV the latter is lowered away from the coil-supporting plate.

Dated this thirtieth day of November vieron n. nnwaans.' 

